Trisomy of chromosome 22 in acute myelomonocytic leukemia.

A patient with acute myelomonocytic leukemia type M4, with a trisomy 22 as the only chromosomal abnormality is reported. All six previously published cases with this anomaly had acute myeloid leukemia. The subtype was AMMoL in five patients, and the subtype of the sixth one was not indicated.